Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana Vuill and an exotic parasitoid, Cephalonomia stephanoderis for the management of coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei
Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana Vuill and an exotic parasitoid, Cephalonomia stephanoderis for the management of coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei
Laboratory and field experiments were carried out to evaluate the bioefficacy of the white muscardine fungus, <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> (Balsamo) Vuill. and the exotic parasitoid <i>Cephalonomia stephanoderis</i> (Betrem) on coffee berry borer, <i>Hypothenemus hampei</i> (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) at Pulney hills, Tamil Nadu, India, during the year 2004-05.